Choose Your Season
Broader overviews covering weather patterns, events, and highlights across an entire season.
Plan by Month
Each month at a glance — temperature, crowds, and one click to the full guide.
Equator-Side Singapore
Singapore sits one degree north of the equator, which makes its 'seasons' less about temperature and more about rainfall and cultural rhythm.
The Dry Season (Feb–Oct)
The dry season is the relatively drier window — February is the single driest month with just ~113mm of rain, and the inter-monsoon months of February to April offer the best weather of the year. June through August brings the Great Singapore Sale, the Singapore Food Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, and National Day on August 9, though Indonesian land-clearing fires occasionally push haze across the island. September delivers Singapore's biggest sporting event — the Formula 1 night race through Marina Bay — alongside the Mid-Autumn Festival's lantern displays.
The Wet Season (Nov–Jan)
The wet season brings the NE monsoon: 17–19 wet days a month and dramatic afternoon thunderstorms. But this is also Singapore at its most festive: Deepavali lights up Little India, Christmas Wonderland transforms Gardens by the Bay, Orchard Road's two-month light-up is one of Asia's most extravagant, and the Marina Bay Countdown fireworks rival any city in the world. Chinese New Year, Singapore's biggest cultural celebration, falls in late January or early February.
Our Singapore Guides
Our 14 Singapore guides cover both seasons and every month with honest advice on the rain, the haze, and exactly when each neighbourhood — from Tiong Bahru to Kampong Glam — is at its best.